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For all its fictional liberties, "24" depicts the fight against Islamist extremism much as the Bush administration has defined it: as an all-consuming struggle for America's survival that demands the toughest of tactics. Not long after September 11, Vice President Dick Cheney alluded vaguely to the fact that America must begin working through the "dark side" in countering terrorism. On "24," the dark side is on full view. Joel Surnow - the co-creator and executive producer of "24," who has jokingly called himself a "right-wing nut job" - shares his show's hard-line perspective.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022607H.shtml

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Whether 'Horseman' or '24': Hate Propaganda's No Fantasy
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0227-21.htm

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Army Says Fox TV's "24" Promotes Use of Torture in Iraq Prisons

Sherwood Ross writes, "After interrogators began torturing Iraqi prisoners using methods they saw on Fox TV's popular '24,' the Army's Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan warned the producers '24' is negatively impacting the training and performance of American troops."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707S.shtml



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E.J. Dionne Jr. writes: "The fabricate-and-smear cycle illustrated so dramatically during the case of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby explains why President Bush is failing to rally support for the latest iteration of his Iraq policy. The administration's willingness at the outset to say anything - no matter how questionable - to justify the war, has destroyed its credibility. Its habit of attacking those who expressed misgivings has destroyed any goodwill it might have enjoyed. Bush and Cheney have lost the benefit of the doubt."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022607F.shtml



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Michael T. Klare writes: "I am convinced that Bush has already decided an attack is his only option and the rest is a charade he must go through to satisfy his European allies. The proof of this, I believe, lies half-hidden in recent public statements of his, which, if pieced together, provide a casus belli, or formal list of justifications, for going to war."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022607E.shtml



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Correspondent Lara Logan heard dissension in the ranks from a large group of service members who are fed up and have decided to go public. They're not going AWOL, they're not disobeying orders or even refusing to fight in Iraq. But they are doing something unthinkable to many in uniform: bypassing the chain of command to denounce a war they're in the middle of fighting.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022607D.shtml

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Fed up American GIs Petition Congress to End Iraq War
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0226-01.htm



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Paul Krugman writes: "Enough already. Let's make this election about the issues. Let's demand that presidential candidates explain what they propose doing about the real problems facing the nation, and judge them by how they respond."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022607C.shtml



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Nach Darstellung der Umweltschutzorganisation Greenpeace bestätigt ein interner Bericht aus der Handelsbranche die Untersuchungen von Greenpeace, wonach in Deutschland angebotenes Obst und Gemüse häufig zu stark mit Pestiziden belastet sei. "Diese Ware ist nach dem Lebensmittelgesetz nicht verkehrsfähig", so Greenpeace. Nach dem jüngsten Supermarktvergleich der Organisation wurden den Angaben zufolge in acht Prozent der Obst- und Gemüseproben die Grenzwerte überschritten. Bislang hätten sich die Fruchthandelsverbände gegen die Vorwürfe gewehrt. Der "Landesverband des Früchte-Import und -Großhandel Baden-Württemberg" stellt nun in seinem Jahresbericht 2006 fest, dass sogar neun Prozent der Frischware aus konventionellem Anbau die gesetzlichen Pestizidhöchstmengen überschreiten. http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=15430



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- Le Parisien (25 février 2007) Collège Marcel-Pagnol BETZ (Oise): "Betz, Allergies la lettre qui accuse".
http://www.next-up.org/divers/CollegeMarcelPagnolBetzOiseAcompterdu23022007.php#3

- Next-up (26 février 2007) Collège de BETZ Volet Sanitaire partie 1 : Lettre ouverte au Maire de BETZ.
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Umfrage
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24718/1.html

by Gareth Porter, TomPaine.com

Coercive diplomacy won't budge Iran, but many Democrats keep the military option open.

http://ga3.org/ct/md20pgF1YRoI/

by Jeff Rickert, TomPaine.com

State and local leaders are in Washington, pointing the way to a national effort on sustainable energy.

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Informant: Kev Hall

Iraqi Shiite militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr says the US-backed security crackdown in Baghdad is doomed to fail and that no security plan would work unless Iraq's government assumed full responsibility for protecting its citizens. Mr. Sadr, once again called on the Americans to withdraw from Iraq.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022607K.shtml

By Felicity Collinson

A MOBILE phone giant has lodged a planning request to erect a mast in the grounds of a cricket club.

T-Mobile wants to house the telecommunications mast in the form of a flag pole at Hartlepool Cricket Club, in Park Drive.

And, after having consultations with members of the West Park club, the phone giant has finally lodged a planning application to Hartlepool Borough Council.

However, there is no date as yet for when the issue will be discussed by the planning committee.

A council spokesman said: "The application has been submitted but there is no date for when it will be discussed as yet."

Last year, the Mail reported how the club was to receive a cash payment from T-Mobile for housing the mast, which would be used to buy an all-weather pitch.

And the club had no objections to the proposal as long as no danger to health could be proved.

However, there are objectors to the plan, including former councillor Jim Allan.

He is promoting a leaflet that will be sent to Park ward residents citing reasons why they should object to it.

The reasons include:

- It would be an unwelcome intrusion to the historic Park conservation area;
- The value of houses around the cricket club would be affected;
- Radiation from the mast could be detrimental to health and studies show sleeplessness, fatigue, irritability and sometimes cancer clusters;
- It would cause people to worry about their health;
- Radiation from the mast could affect the health of wildlife;
- French scientists recommend that masts are not erected closer than 900ft to areas where people live, work or play.

The Mail has previously reported concerns by Councillor Pauline Laffey, Conservative representative for the Park ward.

She said: "We have a park nearby and hundreds of homes, and I just don't think it's safe."

But Bill Shurmer, chairman of Hartlepool Cricket Club, said members believed the mast would be discreet and had allowed T-Mobile to proceed with a planning application.

He said: "We will do nothing that the experts consider a danger to health. "Indeed, any decision may be out of our hands, subject to the result of the planning application."

A T-Mobile spokesman said its interest was "due to the demand of services".

All rights reserved ©2007 Johnston Press Digital

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Boston Globe
by Ralph Kaplan & Harvey Silverglate

02/24/07

Much ink has been spilt extolling the latest progress made in recognizing the second- and third-most serious threats facing mankind and the planet. The recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has forced even the recalcitrant Bush administration to back down in the face of agreement between the scientific and political communities, prodded by a citizenry frightened by disturbing weather patterns. Meanwhile, the effort to control the world’s current supply of fissile material, and limit the future manufacture of more of it by rogue states, has picked up steam, fueled by scientists’ warnings and by public appeals from respected former officials. … Yet there is an even more urgent danger. Besides chemical and biological weapons, we are now seeing advances in the fields of genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics (so-called GNR technologies ) that threaten destruction even more horrific than that of atomic devices or climate change...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Christian Science Monitor
by Daniel Schorr

02/23/07

Welcome to the politics of apologia — the 2007 version. In the 2004 election, Sen. John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts had to endure charges that he was flip-flopping on funding for the Iraq war. In 1964, only two senators — Wayne Morse (D) of Oregon and Ernest Gruening (D) of Alaska — voted against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorizing President Johnson to expand the Vietnam War. I don’t recall any of the others offering apologies. So now, Sen. Hillary Clinton is being warned by some of her supporters that she may endanger her front-runner status if she refuses to make some outright apology for having voted along with 76 other senators in 2002 to empower the president to use force in Iraq. A simple ‘I was conned and I’m sorry it happened’ might have done it. But the evolution of her position is like a study in self-torture...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0223/p09s02-cods.html


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Independent [UK]
by Patrick Cockburn

02/26/07

Iraq’s minorities, some of the oldest communities in the world, are being driven from the country by a wave of violence against them because they are identified with the occupation and easy targets for kidnappers and death squads. A ‘huge exodus’ is now taking place, according to a report by Minority Rights Group International. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says 30 per cent of the 1.8 million Iraqis who have fled to Jordan, Syria and elsewhere come from the minorities. The Christians, who have lived in Iraq for 2,000 years, survived the Muslim invasion in the 7th century and the Mongol onslaught in the 13th but are now being eradicated as their churches are bombed and members of their faith hunted down and killed along with other minority faiths...

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Competitive Enterprise Institute
by Steven J. Milloy

02/22/07

‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel,’ said famed 18th century British lexicographer Samuel Johnson. To update the quote for our current era you might substitute ‘children’ for ‘patriotism’ and ‘climate alarmist’ for ’scoundrel.’ Last week, outgoing United Nations World Food Program chief James Morris reminded us that 18,000 children die every day from hunger and malnutrition. Morris called the situation ‘a terrible indictment of the world in 2007’...

http://www.cei.org/gencon/019,05784.cfm


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No Force, No Fraud
by Bob Smith

This is the path toward peace … to recreate that which we once had … a free economy, with small government, a foreign policy of non-interference, free trade with citizens of other nations, and open borders, welcoming the workers of less-free nations to join us. We don’t need war to keep us safe. We don’t need war to prosper. We don’t need war to eliminate other governments we view as threatening. Quite the contrary … war creates enemies while reducing our own prosperity... (originally published 2004; reposted 02/24/07)

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Nevada Appeal

02/22/07

Determined to challenge President Bush, Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to limit the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, effectively revoking the broad authority Congress granted in 2002, officials said Thursday. While these officials said the precise wording of the measure remains unsettled, one draft would restrict American troops in Iraq to combating al-Qaida, training Iraqi army and police forces, maintaining Iraq’s territorial integrity and otherwise proceeding with the withdrawal of combat forces...

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CNN

02/24/07

President Bush should follow British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s lead and start withdrawing troops from Iraq, former U.N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke said Saturday. ‘Engaging in a broad-based diplomatic offensive, and beginning a redeployment of U.S. forces in Iraq, represents the best way to secure America’s interests in the region and combat the serious threat of terrorist networks,’ Holbrooke, who served under President Clinton, said in the Democrats’ weekly radio address...

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MSNBC

02/25/07

A top U.S. Senate Democrat said Sunday his party aims to limit the role of the nearly 140,000 American troops in Iraq and withdraw most of them from the war-torn country within a year. But Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said it was unclear if enough Senate Republicans would break ranks with President Bush to allow the effort to proceed...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10546267/


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„Sie sind in vielen Betrieben verantwortlich für Dumpinglöhne. Sie setzen sich ein für kürzere Kündigungsfristen, weniger Urlaub und geringere Feiertagszuschläge. Hört sich an wie ein Arbeitgeberverband - doch es sind die Positionen einer angeblichen Arbeitnehmervertretung. Viele Experten halten die Christlichen Gewerkschaften deshalb für eine Mogelpackung. Deren Funktionäre sitzen mit den Unternehmensbossen am Verhandlungstisch und nicken in den meisten Fällen Tarifverträge ab, die die Arbeitsbedingungen der Beschäftigten deutlich verschlechtern. Dabei hat diese selbsternannte Gewerkschaft kaum Mitglieder. Offiziell werden insgesamt 300.000 Christliche Gewerkschafter angegeben. Doch selbst diese Zahl bezweifeln ehemalige Funktionäre jetzt gegenüber Panorama. Arbeitervertreter oder Arbeiterverräter? Panorama über eine Gewerkschaft, die vor allem in Ostdeutschland, dem Handwerk und der Zeitarbeitsbranche immer mehr Einfluss gewinnt…“ Text der Panorama-Sendung vom 22.02.2007. Das Video gibt es in der rechten Spalte als Real Video und als pdf-Datei zum Download http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/archiv/2007/t_cid-3710916_.html


IWW Gründung im deutschsprachigen Raum

Das deutschsprachige ROC (regional organizing comite) der IWW im deutschsprachigen Raum tritt ab 2007 seine Arbeit an. Ziel ist der Ausbau der IWW im deutschsprachigen Raum der EU. Es gibt Mitglieder in Österreich, der Schweiz, Luxenburg und Deutschland. Siehe dazu:
die offizielle, deutschsprachige Internetseite der Industrial Workers of the World – IWW http://www.iww.org/de

Dort heißt es „Anders als es der historische englische Name vielleicht suggeriert, sind wir seit unserer Gründung selbstverständlich nicht nur eine Gewerkschaft für "IndustriearbeiterInnen", sondern für alle Arbeiter, also für alle Männer und Frauen, die als Lohnabhänge, (schein)selbständige Arbeiter oder Arbeitslose um ihren Lebensunterhalt "zu sichern" gezwungen sind, ihre Arbeitskraft zu verkaufen…“


Die Homepage der wobblies - internationale gewerkschaft - industrial workers of the world im deutschsprachigen raum http://www.wobblies.de


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Kirche verklagt Kirche, um Dumpinglöhne durchzusetzen

„Am 19. Mai hat die Bundesregierung den 3. Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht vorgestellt. Als eine der Hauptursachen für die weiter auseinander gehende Schere zwischen Arm und Reich nennt der Bericht zu niedrige Löhne. Am gleichen Tag fand im Arbeitsgericht Herne eine bemerkenswerte Verhandlung statt: Kirche ./. Kirche. Das terminliche Zusammentreffen der beiden Ereignisse ist zufällig. Gleichwohl haben beide Ereignisse einen sachlichen Bezug. In dem Herner Gerichtstermin ging es um eine Klage der Evangelischen Krankenhausgemeinschaft Herne/Castrop-Rauxel gGmbH (Ev KHG), eine 100%ige Tochter des Kirchenkreises Herne, gegen die Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen (EKvW) bzw. gegen das Diakonische Werk derselben. Mit allen juristischen Mitteln kämpfen die Verantwortlichen, die Geschäftsführer Heinz-Werner Bitter und Pfarrer Walter Tschirch zusammen mit dem Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden Superintendent Reiner Rimkus, gegen die gültigen kirchlichen Tarifregelungen. Ihr Ziel: Löhne deutlich unterhalb der jetzigen Tarifregelungen. Aus der Perspektive des 3. Armuts- und Reichtumsberichts streitet die Ev KHG Herne somit für eine Zunahme und strukturelle Verfestigung von Armutslöhnen und Armut...“Artikel von Jürgen Klute vom Mai 2008 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/branchen/dienstleistung/allg/kircheggkirche.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 2. Juni 2008



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#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

26. Februar 2007

Bundeswirtschaftsminister Glos will Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II zur Arbeit verpflichten. Dazu erklärt die stellvertretende Parteivorsitzende Katja Kipping (MdB):

Der Bundesregierung ist es nach wie vor nicht gelungen, die Rahmenbedingungen dafür zu schaffen, dass jeder, der arbeiten will, auch einen Job finden kann. Glos Vorstoß ist ein reines Ablenkungsmanöver und ein Angriff auf das Sozialstaatsgebot. Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II sind schon heute verpflichtet, eine Eingliederungsvereinbarung zu unterzeichnen und jedes Arbeitsangebot bzw. jede Fördermaßnahme anzunehmen. Sonst drohen drastische Kürzungen des Geldes. Das führt in der Praxis dazu, dass zunehmend mehr Erwerbslose auch zu tagelanger entgeltfreien Probearbeit bereit sind. Der bereits bestehende Druck auf Erwerbslose schafft nicht mehr Arbeitsplätze sondern erhöht die Bereitschaft zur Selbstausbeutung.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=35195

„Die Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) versucht seit Jahren, die Rechte ihrer Mitarbeiter zu beschneiden, das Tarif- und damit das Arbeitsrecht zu beugen. Es geht um rund 140000 Beschäftigte, und der Slogan der AWO - "Kompetenz und Zuverlässigkeit schaffen Vertrauen" - wird zurzeit abermals zur innerbetrieblichen Farce: Die AWO hat das Unternehmertum entdeckt. Ein "Wohlfahrtskonzern" wird angestrebt. ver.di hat jetzt die Verhandlungen mit der AWO abgebrochen, die sich seit April des vergangenen Jahres dahinschleppten. Die legitimen Forderungen der Gewerkschaft wurden nicht erfüllt: Tarife auf der Grundlage des Tarifvertrags für den öffentlichen Dienst; Schluss mit der Provokation, die Löhne um rund 25 Prozent senken zu wollen…“ Artikel in ver.di-publik vom Januar/Februar 2007-02-26 http://www.verdi-publik.de/verdi_publik_wcms/fmpro?-db=verdi_publik_wcms.fp5&-lay=eingabe&-format=text.html&-error=fehler.html&-recid=40897&-find

Siehe dazu auch:

Herzlos in die Zukunft?

Internetseite des Fachbereiches 3 des ver.di-Landesbezirks Nordrhein-Westfalen. Sie dient als Informationsplattform für alle Beschäftigten in allen AWO-Unternehmen http://www.herzlos-online.de/


Lohnklau mit Ethik

Bei der Arbeiterwohlfahrt herrschen dieselben neoliberalen Sitten wie in der Privatwirtschaft. Im aktuellen Tarifkonflikt stehen die Zeichen auf Widerstand. Artikel von Ralf Wurzbacher in der jungen Welt vom 26.02.2007 http://www.jungewelt.de/2007/02-26/029.php


»Wettbewerb um den niedrigsten Preis«

Tarifabbau und Tarifflucht: Bei Wohlfahrtsverbänden nimmt die prekäre Beschäftigung zu. Ein Interview von Ralf Wurzbacher mit Detlev Beyer-Peters, Mitglied der Tarifkommission der Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di für die Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO)in Nordrhein-Westfalen und Vorsitzender der Bundesfachgruppe Pflege, in der jungen Welt vom
26.02.2007 http://www.jungewelt.de/2007/02-26/030.php


Aus: LabourNet, 26. Februar 2007

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The United States on Friday rejected an international call to abandon the use of cluster bombs, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

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Only 17 per cent of respondents approve of the way Tony Blair is handling the current situation with Iraq, and just nine per cent feel the same way about George W. Bush.

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Vice President Dick Cheney landed in the U.S.-allied Arab monarchy of Oman on Sunday and went directly to talks with its foreign minister, Omani government officials said.

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The newspaper also quoted a Pentagon official said saying that Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan would assist Israeli raids on Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17171.htm

SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17172.htm

The attack would probably come by air. Waves of U.S. cruise missiles and warplanes loaded with smart weapons would swoop into Iran from the sea and land bases to destroy key Iranian nuclear facilities.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2572013&C=america


From Information Clearing House

Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.

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Der Letzte macht das Licht aus

„Das Aus der ehemaligen Handy-Sparte von Siemens, die der taiwanesische Konzern BenQ kaufte, ist endgültig besiegelt. 2000 Leute sind ohne Job. Den Unternehmen geht es jetzt nur noch um die Behebung des Image-Schadens…“ Artikel von Klaus Ott in der Süddeutschen Zeitung vom 26.02.2007 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/artikel/382/103279/


Aus: LabourNet, 26. Februar 2007



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A message from Astrid

The Army is deliberately shortchanging troops on their disability retirement ratings to hold down costs, according to veterans' advocates, lawyers and services members, and the Inspector General has identified 87 problems in the system that need fixing.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507Y.shtml

By Juliette Astrup

CHANGES to Borough of Poole's planning rules mean applications for many mobile phone masts will never go before councillors.

Masts below 15 metres have "prior approval" status, a procedure where permission is deemed granted if the planning authority does not respond to the developer's application within 56 days.

Councillors used to have the facility to "red flag" these applications and bring them before the committee, usually when neighbours complained.

But last month it was agreed prior approval applications would be excluded from that process.

Peter Watson, head of planning, said the move had been made because these applications rarely came before committee for timing reasons. The date an application was submitted often meant the 56-day response deadline ran out before it could be scheduled for a meeting.

But Cllr Mike Brooke is fighting to have the decision reversed, and calling for extra planning meetings to make sure these applications have a chance to be heard.

"It removes the rights of the residents to see an open, transparent debate at committee," he said. "The decision will be made in a back office.

"It might be done in collaboration with a councillor, but the public won't get to see it."

He said he would be "calling in" the decision to be discussed at next month's scrutiny committee.

Steve Barker, of Sorrel Gardens, is leading a campaign against plans for a 12- metre mobile phone mast on the corner of Pinesprings Drive and Beechbank Avenue in Broadstone.

So far, 70 letters of complaint have been sent and 200 signatures gathered on a petition.

The 46-year-old IT development director said: "Residents feel this is one of the biggest planning issues affecting them. To downgrade it and remove these applications from the full democratic process can only be for the benefit of the planning committee rather than residents."

Mr Watson said the changes in the "red card" procedure simply formalised what was already being done.

He added: "Changes to the procedure ensure that informed decisions relating to mobile phone masts are always made within the correct time scales."

© Copyright 2001-2007 Newsquest Media Group

http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1217947.0.mast_planning_rules_shakeup.php
http://www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/display.var.1217947.0.mast_planning_rules_shakeup.php

An eighth US attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with the Justice Department over the death penalty and other issues.

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"There once was a young woman from a St. Louis suburb. She was an honor roll student, she played the violin, she donated blood and volunteered for American Heart Association walks. She elected to put off college for a while and joined the Army once out of school. She was LaVena Johnson, private first class, and she died near Balad, Iraq, on July 19, 2005, just eight days shy of her twentieth birthday. The tragedy of her story begins there," according to Philip Barron.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507E.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pat+Tillman

"A day at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is an eye-opener - about our soldiers, our government generally and the Bush administration," says Ann McFeatters. "What I saw was not a lack of caring or quality medical care. But I found a soldier without his legs sent in four different directions for four forms over the course of a day. His exhausted wife, near tears, was pushing him in a wheelchair through ice."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507D.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Walter+Reed

Seymour Hersh berichtet, dass das Pentagon eine Arbeitsgruppe zur Vorbereitung eines möglichen Luftangriffs auf den Iran eingerichtet und die Nahost-Politik neu ausgerichtet habe.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24717/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seymour+Hersh

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6935451906479097836&hl=en


Informant: Ashley Smith

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=redress

Despite the Bush administration's insistence it has no plans to go to war with Iran, a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh reports in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Seymour+Hersh

http://www.centeronconscience.org/UAA/02232007.htm


Informant: bigraccoon



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=redress

In der SZ vom 22.12.06 wurde berichtet, dass ein Programmierer sich den „Scherz“ erlaubt hatte, sich in einem Internet-Chatroom als „nächster Amokläufer aus München“ vorzustellen. Daraufhin hat die Staatsanwaltschaft sofort eine Wohnungsdurchsuchung und Beschlagnahmung der Computer dieses Mannes veranlasst.

Der Tatbestand: „STÖRUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN FRIEDENS“, der laut SZ-Bericht mit Freiheitsstrafen bis zu drei Jahren geahndet werden kann.

Meine provozierende Frage: ist es nicht viel mehr eine Störung des öffentlichen Friedens, wenn in der Nachbarschaft von Mobilfunksendeanlagen die Menschen massiv krank werden (siehe Bamberger Ärzteinitiative, Oberammergau, die vielen ‚Krebscluster’ in Deutschland, in unserem Kreis in Schäftlarn, Icking und Geretsried)?

1. Wie können wir die Staatsanwaltschaft dazu bringen, einzuschreiten?

2. Wie können wir die Bürgermeister dazu bringen, den Notstandsparagraphen des BGB anzuwenden, weil ‚Gefahr im Verzug’ ist, und die Sender abzuschalten?

3. Wie können wir diese Bürgermeister gegen die Rechtsaufsicht der Landratsämter (die wiederum vom Innenministerium beobachtet werden) unterstützen, damit dieser Beschluss Bestand hat?

Für rege Rückmeldungen bedanke ich mich im Voraus

Dr.-Ing. Hans Schmidt
1. Vorsitzender Bürgerinitiative Wolfratshausen zum Schutz vor Elektrosmog e.V.

According to Oklahoma bombing conspirator, ranking officials were involved in the attack.

http://www.sltrib.com/SEARCH/ci_5271117



Nichols says bombing was FBI op

The only surviving convicted criminal in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is saying his co-conspirator, Timothy McVeigh, told him he was taking orders from a top FBI official in orchestrating the bombing.

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660197443,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Nichols says bombing was FBI op
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_5271117
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660197443,00.html


Informant: ranger116

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Call to reopen Oklahoma bomb case

The FBI man in charge of collecting evidence from the government building destroyed by the Oklahoma bomb has called for the case to be reopened.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/6275147.stm


From Information Clearing House

Some key arms makers - including the U.S., Russia, Israel and China - snubbed the conference of 49 nations. Of those attending, Poland, Romania and Japan did not approve the final text.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6435402,00.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=cluster+bombs

President George W. Bush's campaign to turn Iran into an economic pariah is being rebuffed from Spain to Malaysia as countries and companies pursue long-term agreements to tap into the world's second-largest reserves of oil and gas.

http://snipurl.com/1b91e


From Information Clearing House

The addition of a second aircraft carrier to its strike groups has fuelled the belief that America is gearing up for a fight with Iran. Not since the Iraq war in 2003 has America amassed so much fire power around the Gulf.

http://snipurl.com/1b76i


From Information Clearing House

A huge demonstration filled the streets of central London today, calling for all occupying troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, no replacement of Britain’s nuclear weapons system and no attack on Iran.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=10801


From Information Clearing House

President Bush should follow British Prime Minister Tony Blair's lead and start withdrawing troops from Iraq, former U.N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke said Saturday.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6438256,00.html


From Information Clearing House

"They killed our colleagues, closed so many newspapers, arrested hundreds of us and now they are shooting at our hearts by raiding our headquarters. This is the freedom of speech we received."

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36694


From Information Clearing House

By Mark H. Gaffney

If we have the courage to face the fact that our nation has descended into a swamp of corruption and evil, perhaps we can still salvage the future for ourselves and our children. We should draw strength from the knowledge that the 9/11 nightmare, bad as it was, might have been even worse.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17162.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mark+H.+Gaffney

By Marina Hyde

The former Iraqi regime spokesman's boasts seem almost prophetic. Unlike the prime minister's deluded declarations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17167.htm

By Con Coughlin in Tel Aviv

Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17166.htm

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Israel Wants to Fly Over Iraq to Bomb Iran

Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran's nuclear program, Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the Pentagon.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022507B.shtml

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5826/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Eine "zivilisatorische Vergiftungserscheinung ausgelöst durch Chemikalien" hat der Neurobiologe Frederick vom Saal von der University of Missouri auf der Jahrestagung zur Förderung der Wissenschaften in San Francisco beklagt. Demnach sind Dicke nicht allein Schuld an ihrer Überfülle, sondern diese ist auch durch zunehmende Umweltgifte verursacht.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681061ms34

Der dritte Teil des Weltklimaberichts rät zu schnellem Gegensteuern. Nicht nur beim CO2, auch bei anderen Treibhausgasen wäre rechtzeitiges Vermeiden die billigste Lösung. Eine Halbierung des Kohlendioxid-Ausstoßes bis 2050 wäre bezahlbar. Die Kernkraft bleibt umstritten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681054ms34



Klimawandel: Die Zeit läuft ab

Ohne drastische Gegenmaßnahmen ist der Klimawandel nicht mehr aufzuhalten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681062ms34



Der Klimawandel trifft vor allem die sozial Schwächsten

Ein Forschungsprojekt an der Freien Universität Berlin untersucht die Einflussfaktoren, welche die Anfälligkeit (Vulnerabilität) von gesellschaftlichen Gruppen gegenüber den Folgen des Klimawandels bestimmen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681066ms34

Friday, February 23, 2007 4:42 PM
Subject: Thank You.

Chairman Leslie Daigle, Media & Communications Committee

Thank you for allowing Chris Sullivan a generous amount of time to speak against citywide Wi Fi at the February 12th Media & Communications Committee Meeting. While listening to the general discussion it became apparent to me that the issue of biological harm from non-ionizing RF MW radiation is not well understood by this Committee. For example, members are unaware that Safety Guidelines issued by the FCC over a decade ago do not reflect current scientific opinion regarding the minimum exposure level at which harm to living beings begins.

I know that you are an advocate of Women's Issues, including health, and have dedicated an impressive amount of time in successfully promoting an awareness of these issues. I now plead with you to learn more about women's health as it relates to man-made, non-ionizing RF MW radiation in our environment. Accurate information on this cannot be obtained from scientists affiliated with/funded by the Telecom Industry. They have an obvious conflict of interest.

I handed a letter to your Committee on February 12th recommending a consultant who has worked in the City of Irvine and many other California cities on reducing the hazards of RF MW radiation and EMF in populated areas. I do not know this consultant (Cindy Sage) personally but have read thoroughly researched, well documented, unbiased papers she's presented to international conferences over the years. I believe her expertise will help the City of Newport Beach make informed decisions about whether (and where) to locate RF MW emitting installations (including cell phone towers) within its boundaries. This will help my health, the health of all women and children who reside in Newport Beach. Not to mention the health of men of our species, pets and wildlife. I trust that you are listening, that you care and will become involved in this potentially grave matter.

With your background of twelve years in the Telecom Industry and your personal goal of helping women, I think you are the right person at the right time to make a difference in the future well-being of every resident, tourist, worker in Newport Beach. And if all our City Council Members join you in becoming more knowledgeable about the medical aspects of this issue, the Council can make enlightened decisions that won't compromise health for commerce. This will put Newport Beach on the map with other forward-looking cities that genuinely value quality of life.

A final note: I believe it is safe to say that the now scientifically established link between disease and exposure to RF MW radiation will insure that the wave of the future in communications will not be microwave.

Sincerely,

Suzanne Bonnet
524 De Anza Drive, CDM CA 92625


Informant: Martin Weatherall



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cindy+Sage

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5828/


Informant: Charles Jenks



US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/25/wiran25.xml


Informant: Amy Sasser

From ufpj-news

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US Funds Terror Groups to Sow Chaos in Iran

By William Lowther in Washington DC and Colin Freeman

America is secretly funding militant ethnic separatist groups in Iran in an attempt to pile pressure on the Islamic regime to give up its nuclear programme.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17170.htm